Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of tropical trees found in the East Indies and Africa, natural order Sapotaceæ.

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  • noun summer cypress

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Examples

  • I was next employed in collecting the fruit of a species of bassia, or what I should call a butter tree.

    Mark Seaworth William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

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